New York: The United Nations Security Council has renewed its authorization for the use of military force against pirates operating off Somalia, enabling the European Union to begin an air and naval operation.
The US-drafted resolution, which was adopted unanimously, extends for one year the right of countries with permission from Somalia's transitional government to pursue and attack pirates in Somali waters. "The international community is sending a very strong signal of its determination to deal with piracy," said Jean-Maurice Ripert, the French ambassador to the UN. The EU is set to send warships to patrol Somalia's Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean waters, where a rise in piracy is threatening to stifle one of the world's busiest maritime trade routes. "We think it will act both as a deterrent and also [provide] some immediate capacity to follow on and pursue pirates, if we can catch them," Ripert said. However, the issue of who has jurisdiction over captured pirates and where they can be prosecuted remains unresolved.
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